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Heroes of Democracy Chapter 2
Why don’t journalists consider other socially relevant professions that actually deliver a clear service? For example, why don’t investigative reporters consider careers as Federal prosecutors? One can argue quite easily that a much ‘greater good’ could be achieved. It wasn’t reporting that put Bernie Madoff in jail. One reason may be that these other professions: law, medicine, nursing, police and fire service don’t give as many awards as journalism does! What’s my point? We have to come way down off our horse to fix the problem everyone obsesses about.
